Movies I'll see in January

 Let's try something different. Here's movies I'm interest in seeing (or Megan will drag me to the theaters for)

This is Megan's movie series. I watch them once and it's more than enough for the rest of my life to never see again. 

The Legend of La llorona

I didn't think the last one was that good but my nephews loved it, so I'll probably end up watching it when it pops up on streaming. 

Morbuis

It's 50/50 if we go see this in theaters. Megan is mildly interested but super hero movies don't interest her much these days since Chris Evans is no longer Captain America. I could see it either way. It doesn't matter to me. 

We're seeing this for sure. The series has been pretty good so far and whether this is truly the end or not, I'm looking forward to checking it out. 

#moregoals

 Megan would want this too. I have to admit. It looks awesome. I would hate to wonder how this stays clean but I admit, it looks awesome. 

#goals

 If I ever won the lottery and got to design my own house. I have a feeling it would include this for sure. 

NEW Weezer albums in 2022!!!

 Weezer announced 4 albums coming out next year, one for each season of the year!

Nothing else is known about them, but I'm excited none-the-less! More Weezer ain't a bad thing. 

Just another reason to look forward to 2022!

5 states I never want to live in.

 California

Run by a doofus who's destroying his state faster than Bel Edwards is destroying ours. Even worse, people are happy about keeping him as Governor. No thank you!

New York

Same reasons as above. Too bad because I do love my Mets!

Michigan

Again, same reason as the other 2, but this state has a better chance to vote out their governor than the other two. 

North Dakota

One word: Winter

New Jersey

I don't know why really, the state just looks nasty. 

Gov Doofus strikes again

 This moron was quoted as saying "You can't vote the virus away"

That's true, but we can vote this bozo out in 2 years and mark my words, it WILL HAPPEN. 

Doesn't matter who runs against him. His days are numbered and I'll celebrate the day this tyrant is out of office. 

Here's to Florida

 #1 destination spot this year for vacations and people moving into the state. 

May every state be as free of the COVID scare as this great state, in 2022. 

New Year's Eve parties

 We haven't gone to one in about 5 years. Here's why:

1) Megan has no desire too. 

2) Not many "good" ones out there

3) No babysitter for twins. 

4) Megan barely makes it to midnight these days. She'd never make it that long at a party.  

Rejected Baby Names

 So Megan has our babies names worked out. Here are the names she wouldn't let me have. 

1) BrookHaven (thought Brook will be the middle name of our girl)

2) Harper Jordan (so I could let me brother know I named our daughter after him)

3) Meadow (since we were naming the boy Forest)

Did any of those names appeal to you? If so, you can take them. We're not having anymore after this. 

Hardy Boyz Jersey

 This is what I have my eye on whenever it pops up on Ebay again. Sadly, I see these going for WAY too much. But if I can get one cheap enough I'm going for it. 

I got the old school necklace back in the day but balked on the jersey and regretted it ever since. 

If I get it in time I plan to wear it for WrestleMania. 

New Years Host

 Why are ALL New Year's Eve host annoying?

Over here watching it at Mom and Dad's house and whatever channel you go to, the host are just awful to listen to. Can't stand it. 

Has it always been this awful? I only started doing this 3 years ago with my parents. Before that, I never really watched the show, until the ball dropped. 

Other than that....skippable. 

Best bubble gum

 What's my Top 3? Here we go!

Super Bubble

Soft, chewy, flavor keeps well and the bubble blown are big!

All the above mentioned. Really great taste. So good!

The BEST. Hands down. It's hard to find at a good deal but every once in a while Ollie's has it and I can get it there. 

Soft drinks I'll no longer drink

 Here's 3 drinks I can go for the rest of my life without drinking again. 

Never liked it much as a kid. Still not a fan today. 

Used to drink it all the time. Then around 10 years ago stopped and never looked back. Coke Zero is what I'll drink instead. 

This happened about 5 years ago. I love Pibb (which there IS a difference) but I'm done with Dr Pepper....which also happens to be Megan's favorite. 

Tales of the Galaxy Volume 4

 I finally got my latest book of Star Wars short stories published and coming to me by mid-January!

Thank goodness Amazon is now doing hardbacks. AND it's lower than Lulu ever was! 

So happy to finally get this (possibly) last book printed. 

Happy heat wave

 It was low 80's today and will be tomorrow. 

On Sunday it drops to 40. 

At least I'll have one more wonderful day before the bitter cols settles in. 

It also will mark my return to work after a 2 week vacation. 

Yippie. 

2021 Year in Review

 What can I say? It hasn't been the best of years has it? 

We have a President who've brought the nation's economy to its knees, raised inflation to record numbers and has run the closest thing to a dictatorship we've ever seen. 

People still live in fear of a virus that isn't that deadly and 2021, overall has generally sucked. 

But the good news is, that things should eventually get better and we're not to worry about the what the future holds but rather embrace it in the most opportunistic way imaginable. 

May we be a country who is wiser, smarter and Godlier in the coming year. 

Happy last day of the year everyone. 

Re-Cast 101

 Tried to get one today and was reminded I had to wait 2 months until I'd be allowed since this is a new loan.

A Re-cast is when you make a large lump sum payment and the bank (for $250) "re-cast" your mortgage, thereby providing you with a lower payment. 

I stand to knock off around $650-700 off my payment doing it this way, instead of a regular refinance. 

It doesn't make that much of a difference unless you're making a giant lump sum. For example, anything under 50K, I personally wouldn't bother with because I doubt you'd see that much of a decrease in your bill. 

Either way, it's something that'll help me out down the road when the new twins come along. I just have to wait a little longer to do it. 

Already gone?

 Week of Christmas we went by McDonald's so I could grab a McRib....they were already gone. 

So I guess it only goes through the month of November now?! I remember eating these into the first few weeks of January in latter years! 

Sucks. 

Less reasons to ever visit McDonald's again. They can't even keep their best menu item up for more than a month. 

Red Notice (Review)

 Finally got around to watching this Netflix action comedy. 

It's fun. It had me chuckle a few times during it and Ryan Reynolds and the Rock are as you'd expect them to be. 

The best "easter egg" was Ryan drinking his Aviation Gin during the movie. Really good inside joke. 

Is it worth seeing? Sure. I'd recommend it. Fun popcorn movie anyone would enjoy. 

Two faced liars.

 Funny how when business' ask for a break from the rules, CDC (in cases involving profit) are willing to bend their own rules and hope no one comes along and calls them out on their hypocrisy. 

It really is becoming an evil empire at this point. How many times can they keep yelling "wolf" and expect people to believe them? 

They lose their credibility more and more each day. 

The evil one speaks again

 Now Fauci is talking about being worried about isloation issues with Americans due to lockdowns. 

Funny, he never mentioned a thing about this when he was demanding them be put in place last year. (to NO effect I'll add)

This man deserves to live out the rest of his life behind bars. 

More fake news

 Whoops! Looks like the CDC got busted bloating their numbers of cases up (again) and had to walk back earlier comments they made when someone busted them.

It's incredible how many times the public will put up with their consistent lies. This is an organization we should shut down. They wield way too much power and their drunk on it. 

Memories of Home

 I thought about going by the old house one last time this morning before selling it but decided against it and I'm glad I did. 

Too many memories, I didn't need to think about minutes before closing. And since I sold to an investor I think it would've made me feel sorry for the house...no matter how silly that sounds. 

But when I left the house for the last time, I did get a little choked up over thinking about all the good times we had in that house. 

My little girls playing in the front yard, riding there scooters, or bathing them in the kitchen sinks. I'll also miss the times they'd sit by the window and watch me mow the grass, cheering every time I walked by. 

The inside of the home carries several good times too. Caleb and I making the Styrofoam karate video after moving those boxes in. Halloween and New Year's parties. My girls' first Christmas. All of it and more. 

Megan was only a fan of the house for one year before she wanted to move. She was devastated with the thought of us staying there forever, which may have happened if it'd only been us 4. So she never was a fan. 

Me? I loved the house. It was a good house. I was about to pay it off next year too. But life changed (for the better) and I've got new little ones to think about. 

But you can't but feel attached to something that's been a big part of your life for over 13 years. 

Good bye home. 

SOLD!

 Now that my house sold, I got to find out a few things behind the scenes of what was going on with the buyers. 

The guy who bought it is an investor. 

He plans to give it a face lift and make it into his office. (weird but ok) His parents live on the same street and he's never seen another house pop up for sale on it before he said, so when he was dropping his dad off that morning and he saw the "For Sale" sign, he called and made an offer right then and there before ever seeing it. 

He did eventually get to look at it and was happy with the house. 

But the other person who put in a back up bid was his competitor who DIDN'T want the other guy to get the house. (hence the reason he raised his initial offer after he found out he'd lost)

Crazy stuff. 

Either way, it's out of my hands now and the money's being put into the new home asap. 

Bullet points for selling a house

 Just to let you know in case you've never sold one before. 

1) The city charges you a fee to cancel your water/garbage service. Why? I have no idea. I've never heard of this before. Opening it up they also charge you a fee....guess they're trying to squeeze as much money out of you as they can

2) The electric company takes a week to close out your service. So now the person moving in, gets 7 days of free electricity on me. Sucks. 

Oh well....now I know. Hopefully this helps someone else in the future so that they don't make the same mistakes I have. 

Margin Call (Review)

 As a fan of Chuck Dixon's YouTube channel, I heard him suggest this movie with an all-star cast that focuses on an investment agency in 2008 that discovers the oncoming mortgage crisis and the incredible risk it was to hold on to Mortgage Backed Securities. 

Knowing the end is coming, various employees at different levels in the corporation come to terms with the inevitable end of their company. 

It's interesting in parts...but slow in others so even though I enjoyed it, I can't really recommend it since it wasn't "great"

Speechless (review)

 A friend of mine told me there was a movie out there that starred both Michael Keaton and Christopher Reeves.

This movie came out in 1994. That means Superman and Batman were together in a movie and I never knew about it until now. 

Sadly, Reeves isn't involved as much in the film as Keaton is, but both men are great. Too bad the movie was mediocre at best. 

Bascially, Keaton plays a writer for the Republican candidate running for office in New Mexico and Gina Davis, his love interest, who writes for his Democratic rival. 

Slight comedic moments given by the World's Finest. But other than that, it was a forgettable movie overall. 

Too bad. It had some incredible potential...especially for inside jokes!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic (Review)

 The next comic series I tried reading was the original Turtle series. 

I've always wanted to read them but the trades were WAY too expensive to collect, but my buddy Bruce had copies that he let me read. 

I made it through issue #2 and had to stop. 

The artwork is good but it's extremely wordy and the pacing is SLOW. I couldn't take it anymore after a while and eventually had to throw in the towel and call it quits. 

Don't bother trying to track these down. Even if you're a Turtles fan like me, they just aren't worth the read.  

 Remember, before social media, there were blogs.

And we used to post images on them on holidays back in the day to get the message out to all our friends. 

Well, there's only a small handful of you who read my blog, so count yourself among the "friends" I intended this message for. 

May you and your family have the merriest of Christmases this year!

90% off

 Went to Target this afternoon and the entire store went nuts when a few employees came around to the X-mas isle and hung signs 90% off. 

Suddenly, I wave of Target Employees revenged the place. All of them looked like they were on the clock too. They had baskets and carts full of stuff, it was insane. I've never seen anything like it before. 

We were able to get a few good things out of it too but I couldn't believe that nearly 90% of the merchandise gets swallowed up from the employees before any customer is made aware. 

The only reason I found out when I did is because I was standing right there when it happened. 

So here's a pro tip for anyone looking for a deal. Go to Target around 3:30pm and try to beat all the Target employees to the incredible sale that happens right before they close. 

....and I thought "Day aftes X-Mas" shopping was insane!

Being the Ricardos

 As my wife sits in the living room pissed off that she waited the VERY LAST DAY do wrap all the presents, we decided to watch this while work got done. (we've also cleaned the house tonight too) 

We both love "I Love Lucy" in fact, I've been thinking of re-watching the show all the way thru once again. 

This is more like a documentary/story in that it portrays a little bit about their lives around season 2 of the show. When Lucy found out she was pregnant and also the papers calling her a commie. 

Though I'm not sure the storyline had an arc, the writing and cast were good and the movie is enjoyable for Lucy fans to watch. 

So, worth watching if you're wife is up at 3:30am, pissed off at leaving the laundry out for 2 weeks until finally deciding tonight was the night you needed to put everything away. 

Twas the night before Xmas...

 

It's kind of a magical time as a kid on the night of Christmas Eve. Watching a holiday classic or listening to music and enjoying the quiet. 

I remember being SO excited the night before. As an adult we don't feel that way anymore but as I look at the tree, I can clearly remember what it felt like. 

It truly is the "most wonderful time of the year"

Bad news for Fear Mongering Fauci

More reports coming in showing how NON-LETHAL this mutation is. Turns out, most won't even know they have it because it appears in the form of a cold. 

Heck, I may have had it this week for all I know!

Several others who've contracted it are reporting on feeling fine for the most part, they just get a little tired in day to day actions. 

And Fauci's going on TV talking about how you shouldn't have unvaxxed over for Christmas. What a fear mongering loser. 

What a scumbag!

 

Bang Review

 As you know, I try every flavor of Bang that comes out....even the terrible ones. 

On paper, this one sounds pretty good? In taste? It's like someone drank a yoohoo mixed with Red Bull, then vomited it into a bottle for you to drink. 

It's really bad. Not the worst flavor they've ever had, but certainly among the worse I've ever tasted. 

One is more than enough for me. I'll wait and see what next flavor pops up but at this point I'm getting worried they're running out of ideas. 

Masks still don't work

 Looks like some experts are finally coming to realization that masks are more décor then a defense against the virus. 

Good to hear some common sense leaking in to reality. 

And as Omnicron continues to under-perform in it's seriousness, the media is looking pretty pathetic with their constant fear mongering over it. 

I hope they all get exposed for the frauds they are. 

The Batman Who Laughs: Review

A book I hear a lot about and finally decided to give it a try....ugh! It's horrible! I tried making it through but after a 3rd of the series I had ZERO interest in quit. 

From what I can tell Batman discovers an alternate world where he turns into the Joker......it's not entertaining nor interesting. I think I'm done reading Batman for a while. \

Time to look for something else. 

 

Batman Contagion: Review

 The next series I tried which happened back in the hay day of the 90's when Batman comics were really cranking out hits. 

I remember this was the next "big" story line after Knightfall but I didn't remember hardly any of it at all so I decided to give it another read. 

Yuck. 

Bad art, stupid story and easily the worst Batman "big story arch" to come out of the entire run. Even Cataclysm had more things for Batman and his crew to do. 

In this series, Gotham is suffering from a deadly pandemic and Batman needs to find the cure. Actually, Catwoman and Azreal search for the cure, Robin gets infected and is dying while Batman, Huntress and Nightwing prance around the city with not much to do. 

And the ending is terrible. You think Robin's dead but in the most anticlamatic ending ever, it turns out he was given the cure at the last minute and....healed instantly from his sickness, with little after effects. 

Horrible. PASS. I'll never read this one again.    

Toasted Marshmallows

 There is simply nothing better than this. 

I remember roasting them over our fireplace as a kid. I'd love to do that sort of thing again one day. 

I have a gas fireplace that can be converted but maybe I can roast marshmallows over it too. 

I miss getting the skin the perfect brown, peeling it off and then eating the skin. Best thing in the winter!

Dang.... now I want to get marshmallows....

Injustice: Comic review

 Been reading a few comic series lately and wanted to give my thoughts on them. The first one is the series based of the video game of which I have no clue about. 

But the story in the comic is interesting as Joker tricks Superman into accidently killing a pregnant Lois. Superman in turn kills the Joker which sets him down the road to become the dictator of Earth, insuring no more evil deeds happen. 

Batman on the other hand is fighting for Man's Free Will and will stop at nothing to take Superman and his regime down. 

Though it goes a little long the series as a whole is a pretty neat take on an alternative story set in the DC Universe. Plenty of heroes get killed off in the series and though the best part is the first 3rd of the series, after they defeat Superman, the story doesn't know where to go after that and offers little more than a few interesting scenes and heroes we've yet to see in the universe. 

Is it worth your time? I think so. Especially if you're a DC fan. 

Common Sense Coming in for a landing...

 Looks like the airlines are starting to push back on the mask mandate due to it "making little difference" I don't blame them either. They're losing money over what is usually a bust travel time of the year. 

If everyone stood up to our oppressors, they would back down immediately. But the world is full of sheep right now, who'd rather chew on grass and stay oblivious. 

Time Lapse (Review)

 On Amazon Prime. 

About a group of roommates, 2 guys and a girl who come across an apartment across from theirs which has a giant camera which takes a picture of their living room through the window every night....24 hours into the future. 

Theirs an amazing twist and it's brilliantly done. Highly recommended. Loved it. 

Have a good weekend folks!

Little sheep

 It never ceases to amaze me how the youth today are so obedient in wearing masks. 

From grade school to college level. NO ONE is fighting this!? Can you imagine if they'd have tried this back in the 80's or 90's?! NO WAY kids would've suffered through this but today the mindless sheep have been scared into submission and it's sad to imagine what damage this will do to them in the long run. 

What a tragedy. 

Survivor 41 (Review)

 What a mess. 

The winner was one of the most undeserving. 

The cast was petty and self-centered. 

Too many twist, it felt like a different game. 

WAY TO PC.

This was easily the worst season I've ever seen. 

Seriously thinking how much longer I'm watching this garbage. 

How many f'ing times do we have to sit through someone telling us the meaning of life, or how their biased world view is?!

Garbage. Plain and simple. 

Dune (Movie review)

 I got to see it a few months ago and.....meh. I love the books and I understand some of the story line changes that were made but a lot of the characters were bad and not anything like they were portrayed in the novel. 

It's sad but was expected the moment I saw the trailer. Should you watch it? Probably not but by this time you've already made that decision yourself.